Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Caenogastropoda
Ordo: Neogastropoda
Superfamilia: Mitroidea
Familia: Pyramimitridae
Genus: Vaughanites
Species (1 + 1†): V. superstes – †V. leptus
Name
Vaughanites Woodring, 1928
Vaughanites is a genus of m predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramimitridae . [1]
Species
† Vaughanites leptus Woodring, 1928
Vaughanites superstes Kantor, Lozouet, Puillandre & Bouchet, 2014
Description
The shell is medium-sized, very slender, Mitra-like. The protoconch consists of between two and three whorls, about the last one sculptured with coarse axial riblets. The aperture is long and narrow. The siphonal canal is very long and narrow, unemarginate. The anal notch, according to growth lines and ribs, is rather wide and shallow, the apex lying on a prominent spiral some distance from suture. The columella bears two strong Mitra-like folds. The sculpture consists of strong axial and spiral cords, forming an open lattice-work. [2]
References
MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vaughanites Woodring, 1928. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=746711 on 2023-01-29
Woodring, W.P. (1928). "Miocene mollusks from Bowden, Jamaica. 2. Gastropods and discussion of results". Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication. 385 (VII): 158. Retrieved 2024-06-26. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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